enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela:_Four_Decades_of...

    Favela is a sequel to The Myth of Marginality (1976) as Perlman attempts to retrace the steps she took while living among favela residents between 1968 and 1969. She relates developments in Rio de Janeiro including the loteamentos, a vast community of squatter plots on the western outskirts of the city; and the conjuntos, characterized as cement apartment complexes built by the government to ...

  3. Favela - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela

    The "Favela-Bairro" program, launched in 1993, sought to improve living standards for the favelados (Pamuk and Cavallieri 1998). The program provided basic sanitation services and social services, connected favelas to the formal urban community through a series of street connections and public spaces and legalized land tenure (Pamuk and ...

  4. How a favela in Rio got its clean water back, for $42,300 - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/rio-janeiro-favela-sets-example...

    There are fruit trees, a nearby waterfall and a commanding view out over the Atlantic Ocean. Electricity arrived in the late 20th century to the low-income Enchanted Valley community – which ...

  5. Pacifying Police Unit - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifying_Police_Unit

    Composition of a unit of the Polícia Pacificadora (UPP), here on the occasion of the ceremony for the change of command of the units.. The Pacifying Police Unit (Portuguese: Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora, also translated as Police Pacification Unit), abbreviated UPP, is a law enforcement and social services program pioneered in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which aims to reclaim ...

  6. Social issues in Brazil - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_issues_in_Brazil

    An example of one such favela in Brazil is Rocinha. Rocinha is one of the largest favelas in Brazil. Located in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro, it is built on a steep hillside overlooking the city. Although official datasets are hard to obtain, it is believed that over 150,000 people reside there. [44]

  7. Baixada massacre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baixada_massacre

    The Baixada massacre (Chacina da Baixada in Portuguese), was a violent incident that occurred in Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 31, 2005. [1] [2] A group of police officers entered the Vigário Geral favela (shantytown) in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of suspected drug traffickers.

  8. Squatting in Brazil - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting_in_Brazil

    A famous example in Rio is Rocinha, where the 2010 census reported the population to be 70,000 and unofficial estimates put the real figure as high as 180,000. [3] In Recife , the state capital of Pernambuco in the northeast of the country, 193 favelas were listed in 1985 and half of the entire population of the city was squatting.

  9. Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantagalo–Pavão...

    Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho is a neighborhood consisting of two favelas in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.It is located between Ipanema and Copacabana.In 2010, it had about 9,500 inhabitants.